It has been 20 years since fans have witnessed their beloved Rangers play in the Stanley Cup Finals. This is also the first time that a Los Angeles-based team has played a New York-based team in a championship since 1981 when the Dodgers beat the Yankees in the World Series.

To no surprise, this Ranger team has been building to win now for the past few years and this could possibly be its last chance for the Cup. However, the Los Angeles Kings are standing in their way and won't go down without a fight.

While the Rangers are resting and preparing for the Kings, maybe they should fear the competition.

Here are five reasons why:

1) After scoring more goals in the postseason than the regular season, Marian Gaborik has become the player to watch. It just so happens that the 32-year-old Slovak right-winger has ties to the Rangers for over three seasons. What non-Ranger knows Henrik Lundqvist better than Gaborik at the moment? He has the 3rd most points and the most goals in the postseason between the two teams.

2 & 3) The only two players in the postseason with more points comes from Kings' centers Anze Kopitar and Jeff Carter. Kopitar leads all with 24 points and Carter follows closely behind with 22. Kopitar also leads with 19 assists, which is nine more than Rangers' leading assister, Ryan McDonagh. The worst part is, the deadly duo of this postseason play on separate lines.

4) While Lundqvist is definitely the better goalie during this postseason, Jonathan Quick and the Kings' defense pose as another obstacle for the Rangers. Quick might not have the best Goals Against Average in this postseason, but he is tied for first with Lundqvist in wins and leads all goalies in saves. Also, after surviving offensive juggernauts like San Jose and Chicago, the Rangers don't seem to match up. The Kings did end up allowing the fewest goals in the regular season as well.

5) The scariest part of playing the Kings is how each line has outscored the Rangers in terms of points. With only having to play one game more than the Rangers, there is no way the lines should tip the scale as far as the Kings have done. The Kings' first and second lines have embarrassed the Rangers in points total. Even the defensive pairs have outscored the Ranges in all but one (Staal/Stralman), which lead by only a point.

The Rangers definitely have more than their work cut out for them in this series. Looking at the stats, it doesn't seem to favor New York in any area but goaltending.